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Mercedes Texas, Thursday, July 12, 1962
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POSTAL PATRONS are getting their mall at this new
post office at LaVllla. Formal dedication ceremonies
were held recently.
Robinson’s To Move
To Houston
Mr. and Mrs. David Rob-
inson and fourteen month old
daughter Carolyn Sue are to
move to Houston soon where
Mr. Robinson has accepted
a teaching position In the
South Texas Junior College,
beginning the second sem-
ester July 18. Mrs. Robin-
son and daughter will join
Mr. Robinson In August.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson
have lived In Elsa five years.
Mr. Robinson taught four
years In Edcouch-Elsa and
last year was councelor for
Hidalgo County schools,
Mrs. Robinson also taught
two years at Edcouch-Elsa
and was teller at the Elsa
State Bank and Trust Co,
for a year.
June Safety Awards.
Honor 2 Elsa Drivers
Miss Diana Flores and
Lewie Hoyt were chosen by
a committee selected by
Rocky Rloux, chief of police
In Elsa, to receive the safety
driving award plaque for the
month of June. Neal Gallo-
way, mayor of Elsa pre-
sented Mr. Hoyt with his
award and Rocky presented
the award to Diana Thurs-
day evening at 7 p.m. In the
police office in Elsa.
Diana is a graduate of
Edcouch-Elsa and worked In
the School Tax office for two
years and is now attending
Pan American College at
Edinburg.
Mr. Hoyt came to the Val-
ley from Wilda, La., with
his late parents Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Hoyt In 1924, residing
south of Elsa. Mr.Hoytlives
south of Elsa where he
farms. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt
have one son Lieut. Jimmie
Hoyt of Columbia, South Car-
olina and one grandson John
Roy Strong Family
See World's Fair
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Strong
and daughters, Cheryl and
Kathy, Mrs. Joe Loe and
children Joe and Mary Lou
returned last week from a
month's vacation to see the
World's Fair at Seattle,
Wash., and other points of
interest. They visited Mrs.
Strong's aunt Mr. and Mrs.
Don Shattuck of Yakima,
Wash. They went through the
Mormon “Tabernacle, the
capltol buildings in Salt Lake
C ity, the Chinook Pass where
they saw the Weyerhausen
Lumber Mills and Mt. Ranier
National Park where the
children played In the snow.
Some of the group saw snow
for the first time.
Other capitols visited in-
cluded Boise; Idaho and Hel-
ena, Montana. On the re-
turn trip home they visited
relatives in South Dakota,
Nebraska, Iowa and friends
in Houston.
While at the World's Fair
Mr, Strong saw and talked
with Mr, and Mrs, Chan
Bauers of Edcouch,
Elsa’s Namesake To
Leave The Valley
Mrs. Alex George of White
Plains, New York arrived
in Elsa the first of last week
where she will assist her
husband Col. Alex George In
moving his mother Mrs.
Elsie George to Corpus
Christi, where they will all
make their home,
Mrs. Elsie George, for
whom the town of Elsa was
named came to Elsa with
her son Alex and late hus-.
band William George in 1916
from Carrlzo Springs,
Texas.
Austin. Jimmie is married
to the former Miss Kathey
Peay of Elsa.
Death Claims
Ad Manager
Of H. E. B. Co.
Vincel 0. Smith, 53, dir-
ector of advertising for the
H, E, Butt Food Stores and
ruling elder in Central Park
Presbyterian Church, died
in a local hospital at 1:15
p.m. Monday in Corpus
Christi.
Smith suffered a heart at-
tack at his office on High-
way 44 in Corpus last Tues-
day morning and had been
on the critical list since
entering the hospital. He
lived at 626 McCall.
Born inWatonga, Oklaho-
ma, Feb.- 17, 1909, Smith
attended Wayne University in
Indiana and was graduated
from the University of Chi-
cago.
He entered the merchan-
dising field at Toledo, Ohio,
in August, 1929, as an em-
ployee of the Great Atlantic
& Pacific Tea Co. He was
promoted rapidly and was
manager of one of the com-
pany stores before he re-
signed in August, 1938, to
operate a grocery store in
McAllen,
Smith became associated
with the Office of Price Ad-
ministration in Dallas in
August, 1942, and remained
there until June of the fol-
lowing year when he accepted
a position with the H. E. B
Stores. His work at that
time was in the purchasing
department adjusting prices
under OPA regulations.
Three years later Smith
moved into the advertising
and promotion department
where he had remained dur-
ing the years of extensive
growth of the grocery chain
over Texas.
Smith was reared a Pres-
byterian and was a member
of Westminster Presbyter-
ian Church when Central
BLANTON GIRL
DIES OF BORNS
Gladys Alma Blanton, ten
months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Blanton, died
July 5, as a result of burns
received on Saturday before
when a butane stove exploded
at her home near Edcouch.
Survivors besides her
parents are four sisters, Ed-
ith Ann, Connie Jeanette,
Teresa Jewel, Deborah Lynn
and a brother Richard
Dwight; also maternal
grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
G. R. Winners, Mena, Ark.
Paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. D. R, Blanton
of Glenwood, Ark.
Funeral services were
held July 7 at 3:30 p.m. in the
First Baptist Church of Ed-
couch with the Rev. Clyde
Griffin, pastor of the San
Juan Baptist Church and the
Rev. R. L. Brown, pastor
of the Assembly of God,
Pharr, offficiating. Burial
was in the Highland Mem-
orial Cemetery under the
direction of Skinner Funeral
Home of Pharr.
Park Presbyterian Church
was erected on Gollihar. He
became a charter member of
the Central Park Church and
was active in the work from
the time the church was
founded until his death.
He was a past president
of the Corpus Christi Pres-
byterian Extension Commit-
tee and a member of South
Texas Presbytery’s Council
and Presbyterian Synod
Council.
Smith was a regular con-
tributor to the “Texas Pres-
byterian" monthly denomin-
ational newspaper.
While he was interested
and active in the total pro-
gram of the church, his prin-
cipal interest was in exten-
sion work here.
Smith was not only a sub-
stitute preacher in his own
church but over the years
preached in both Anglo and
Latin Presbyterian Church-
es as a guest speaker.
Survivors are his wife,
Irma; a son, Roger; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Kenneth Weda, and
five grandchildren, all of
Austin, and three sisters,
Mrs. E, J. Peck, Mrs. Mab-
yl Wilson and Mrs. Mildred
Smith, all of Maywood, Calif.
Funeral arrangements
will be announced by Cage-
Mills Funeral Home.
The family requests that
in lieu of flowers, contribu-
tions be made to the Cen-
tral Park Presbyterian Or-
gan Fund or the Corpus
Christi Heart Fund.
Jacob Eberle who has been
ill at the home of his son,
John Eberle, was taken to a
rest home near Harlingen
recently.
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vacations
begin with a
visit to your
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Carol Robertson of Elsa,
Edna Faye Lewis and Beth
Pealor, Edcouch, returned
to their homes after a train-
ing session at Lula Sams Girl
Scout Camp near Browns-
ville. Carol and Edna Faye
have been taking a four weeks
course in Councelor in
Training course and Beth
was taking a roving couns-
elor course. They had been
gone four weeks. They will
be home a week before going
to Lake Champlainon Button
F elea Club
Swimming Party
The Felea Club met at
the home of the president
Miss Gaye Odom to go to
the beach at Padre Island
for their annual beach,
swimming and slumber
party. The group spent the
night in a Cabana - and at-
tended a party at the Sandy
Retreat in the evening. The
club is sponsored by the Pi
Upsilon chapter of Edcouch
of the Beta Sigma Phi and
they were accompanied by
their sponsors Mrs. Raleigh
Bishop and Mrs. Dan Gallo-
way.
Members attending be-
side the president included
Geen Giese, Linda Turber-
ville, Carolyn Jo and Veleta
Denham of Delta Area and
Marilyn Ellis of Harlingen.
FRANK BONDER
DIES AT HOME
Frank MichaelGonder, 70,
of Monte Alto died with a
heart attack at his home
July 3. Mr. Gonder was a
native of Vineland, New Jer-
sey and came to the Valley
five years ago.
He is survived by his wife
Estelle Gonder, two daugh-
ters Mrs. G. Giandinato,
Chicago, Mrs. Grace
Shirley, Olympia, Wash, and
one grandchild.
Funeral services were
held July 6, 4 p.m. in the
Weldon Martin Funeral
Home Chapel in Weslaco with
Ed Slaughter pastor of the
LaSara church, officiating.
Burial was in the Highland
Memorial Park.
Pall bearers were Wal-
ter Brashear, W, H, Hughes,
W. K. Galbreath, Jr., Wes-
ley Sander, R. V. LaDuke
of the Delta Area and Dale
Carlson of San Benito.
Bay in State Park in Ver-
mont where the International
Round up of Girl Scouts
will be held.
Mrs. J. P, Pealor returned
also on Saturday where she
had been a counselor for
five weeks. She will go back
on July 15 for two more
weeks as counselor. Also
Carolyn Foerster and Jane
Pealor have returned from a
two week regular scouting
trip at Camp Lula Sams.
Church . Women’s
Groups Meet
The General meeting of the
Women of the First Pres-
byterian Church of Elsa was
held in the Educational build-
ing with the president Mrs.
L. R, Moddle presiding and
giving the' devotional follow-
ed by prayer. Mrs. R. E.
Snyder gave the program
“Politics, a Christian Vo-
cation" followed by discus-
sion.
The Elsa George Circle
will meet with Mrs. Ernest
Carruth July 18, 2:30 p.m.
The Love Circle met in
church Annex July 3 with
Mrs. Frank Klopek leading
the bible lesson on “James,
the Just." Mrs. Don Lind-
sley, chairman, presided.
Mrs. Carl Snyder served
refreshments to the mem-
bers present.
MOSELEY NAMED
NEW PASTOR
Rev, Kelley Moseley of
Price, Texas is the new
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Edcouch. He will
begin his ministry at the
church July 29. He has been
a minister twelve years and
was at the Carlisle Baptist
Church in Price four and a
half years. Rev. Moseley
served as minister at the
Calvary Baptist Church in
Freeport for the same num-
ber of years preceding the
time he served at Price,
Texas,
Tyler Junior College two
years and two years in South-
western Theology Seminary
at Fort Worth.
The Rev. and Mrs.
Moseley have three children
and they will reside in the
Baptist Manse in Elsa. Their
children are Rita, 15, Perry
7, and Vicky 5.
Mrs. Horace Smith and
daughter Patricia of Elsa
are visiting Mrs. Smith’s
mother Mrs. Fred Wycoff
of Midland, Texas, for two
weeks.
Timothy Johnstone
Hits Honor Roll
Timothy Johnstone, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence John-
stone, of Elsa, was one of the
three Valley students on the
spring semester honor roll
of the Business Administra-
tion Course of the University
of Texas it was announced
recently.
The others were: John
Rollins Lewis, of McAllen
and Nancy Cromack, of
Brownsville,
Timothy is also vice-
president of the Phi Sigma
Kappa Fraternity and is em-
ployed by the Rio Grande
Dusting Co. of Santa Rosa,
where he has worked for the
past four summers.
Mr. and Mrs, M, C, Cow-
an and sons of Elsa returned
from Hondo, Texas where
they had been on their ranch
for several days.
Felix returned to go to
school at Pan American, Ed-
inburg, where he is working
on his Masters degree. He
will teach art and a com-
mercial course in D*Hanis,
Texas Junior and Senior High
school.
“It would seem that the
younger generation resem-
bles the older generation in
many disrespects.” — Gerald
K. Young, Blakesburg (la.)
Excelsior.
FOR SALE: Two bedroom,
frame house in Elsa, ex-
cellant condition, car port,
storage room and fenced
back yard. 308 South Travis.
Phone AM2-1200 Dave Rob-
inson.
NOTICE TO ELSA AND ED-
COUCH BUYERS: Bargain in
40 acres 1 mi. S. Elsa. Farm
tracts 467 - 468 and small
house. Fine cotton crop if
place is sold at once the rents
go with the price. Good terms
and immediate posession of
HOUSE. Land Sept. 1, 1962.
If you are interested come
and stj me in person. DON’T
PHONE.
R. J. Thomas, Realtor. Mer-
cedes, Texas.
ill!
Carol Robertson
McMahan Dies
In Plane Crash
Mrs. W. A. Beaver and
Mrs. L. S. Fagala, of Elsa
received a message on Mon-
day July 9 that their nephew
Walter V. McMahan, Jr., 39,
died in an airplane crash
near Muleshoe, Texas where
he lived.
The two women left for
McKinney, Texas where the
funeral will be held, Thurs-
day, July 12.
He is survived by his wife
and daughter, Rowena, 15,
of Muleshoe and his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mc-
Mahan, Sr., of Dallas and
other relatives.
Mrs. Beaver and Mrs.
Fagala will also visit a bro-
ther-in-law, John H. Wright
of McKinney who. is criti-
cally ill.
Mrs. A. E. Branch of Elsa
returned to her home after a
three weeks visit with her
son Capt. and Mrs. George
Branch and daughter Lisa of
Myrtle Beach, South C
lina. Capt. Branch will I;
his base soon for a four
months duty in Aviano, Italy.
He will be in command of his
squadron.
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TELEPHONE
TALK
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Turberville and daughters
Linda and Karen of Elsa,
returned from a vacation
spent visiting their daugh-
ter Mr. and Mrs. Walden
DeWitt of Nashville, Tenn.
Linda and Karen had spent
a month with their sister.
The Turberville’s also visi-
ted relatives in Birlingham,
Ala,
Anabel Nichols is visit-
ing her grandparents Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Archer of
Edcouch and other relatives.
Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Nichols of Aus-
tin, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bow-
ers of Elsa accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Hood of Elsa
to their cottage at Port
Mansfield on July 3-4 where
the two couples went fish-
ing.
by Oaude Lovett, Manager
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Harvey, J. Edwin. The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1962, newspaper, July 12, 1962; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091821/m1/6/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.